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  1. mvp 78
    What does this have to do with me saying "smoke and mirrors"? Obviously I'm saying that his results were clearly going to come back to earth. In his last 3 outings, he went a combined 6 innings. Do you think that's good? I've watched all of his starts and there's been a white knuckle feel to a lot of them, especially lately. He might get a few k's, but it's ugly. It's not vintage Sale.
  2. mvp 78
    Even if we win it all, shouldn't we try to extend the window we have with the Devers/JD/Xander/Eovaldi/Sale core group by going over?
  3. mvp 78
    The game really changed in the 90's with all the iso ********. Teams stopped running up and down the court. The action really slowed down. Getting through the last two minutes of a game can be excruciating with all of the fouls. Basketball is most fun when there is lots of ball movement and teams are working the whole length of the floor. For a game that has the ability to be so fast paced, it can crawl like a turtle for lengthy stretches. It's the difference between wide open hockey and those 90's NJ Devils teams. Yuck. I watched a ton of basketball up until about 10 years ago. At some point, the downsides of excessive ticky tack foul calls and everyone trying to be like Mike just wore on me as a fan. Jordan was the greatest basketball player of all time. Guys like Kobe were just dollar store versions. I've tried to get into the younger C's team, but the game just isn't for me. At one point, I would have ranked it Sox > C's > Pats > Bruins, but now I'm a Sox > Bruins > Pats > C's. Maybe the C's and Bruins just flip flopped positions because they play over the same stretch of time and are basically competing for viewership.
  4. mvp 78
    You counted wrong. 23 TBF in the playoffs, 57 TBF in last 3 regular season starts. His k% was 36.8%.
  5. mvp 78
    No, I expected him not to be an ace off the bat. That doesn't contradict me saying that his regular season #'s were smoke and mirrors. His last 3 outings have been very concerning though.
  6. mvp 78
    It seems that way more so in the NL. NL WC teams: 97 Marlins (won WS) 00 Mets (lost WS) 02 Giants (lost WS) 03 Marlins (won WS) 05 Astros (lost WS) 07 Rockies (lost WS) 11 Cardinals (won WS) 14 Giants (won WS) 19 Nats (won WS) Only 4 AL WC teams made the WS, 2 of which won (02 Angels and 04 Sox).
  7. mvp 78
    How much do you think Baez will be? Why do you think ownership will try to stay under the cap?
  8. mvp 78
    Weird bullpen bump out in RCF. LF is probably the biggest mess in MLB. Short porch bump out with a medium sized wall, abruptly angles back in LCF which still has some weird pillars to deal with. Modern facilities should just not be quirky like this.
  9. mvp 78
    His K% is down, which is a better number than k/9. K% is based on total batters faced. In the postseason, he has a 17.4% k rate. Don't think I'm going to rely on his K% against WSH/BAL/NYM at all. Even adding those teams in, 25 K's over 80 batters is still a lower K% than the regular season of 2017, 2018 and 2019.
  10. mvp 78
    I think Baez will be considerably cheaper than Semien. You could still fit Iggy in there.
  11. mvp 78
    He can fix it by being mentored by Eovaldi.
  12. mvp 78
    wOBA 1 TOR 2 HOU 3 BOS 4 SFG 5 CHW
  13. mvp 78
    ISO: 1 TOR 2 ATL 3 SFG 4 BOS 5 TBR 6 LAD Those are six pretty good teams.
  14. mvp 78
    IDK, Houston is a pretty weird ballpark.
  15. mvp 78
    It just really shows the value of Alex Cora. The game speed up, but he's ready for it.
  16. mvp 78
    With his changeup: 3K/1BB/2HR. Whiff% is way down. His slider now has -1.9 vertical movement vs an average slider it used to be +3 at least. Whiff % is way down. His fastball still has decent life, it's just he doesn't have the offspeed stuff to compliment it.
  17. mvp 78
    Semien has a sprint speed of 28.6. The only Sox player faster than that is Duran.
  18. mvp 78
    It worked for Pablo Sandoval.
  19. mvp 78
    Some say Odorizzi is still warming up in the pen right now.
  20. mvp 78
    I don't believe Arroyo is a lock for 2b. He can't stay healthy. I'd re-sign Iggy to be the backup IF. Then I'd see if the price tag for any of the SS FA's falls (Baez?) and then work out 2B/SS in Spring Training.
  21. mvp 78
    What if they paid more and replaced ERod with Syndergaard?
  22. mvp 78
    August opponents: BAL, TEX, MIN September opponents: TBR, TBR, BAL, NYM, BAL, WSH Of those 9 games, only two were against decent teams. His two starts against the Rays: 6IP/6H/2BB/3K/2R and 3.2IP/10H/1BB/6K/5R. His regular season was smoke and mirrors IMO.
  23. mvp 78
    That's what they did.
  24. mvp 78
    That's the rule. The rule should just be changed to awarding bases per umpire discretion MAYBE.
  25. mvp 78
    If they have their own discretion, they need to know not to end the season on a 50/50 call.
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